Shoe-cleaning device.



G. E. IVIOIH.

SHOE CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9,1915.

l l 74,084, Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c

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GEORGE E. IVIOIR, 0F BONAVENTURE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHOE-CLEANING DEVICE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. Molina subject of the King of England, residing at Bonaventure, in the Pro-vince of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cleaning Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shoe cleaning devices. l

It is the purpose or" the invention to provide a shoe cleaning device through the medium of which the bottom and edge of the sole and the lower portionof the upper can be cleaned with little eiort and labor and at the same time thoroughly disinfected to prevent the communication of any disease germs that may have become lodged upon the shoe.

It is my further purpose to provide a shoe cleaning device in which the brush elements may be yieldingly held in engagement with the shoe under different pressures and in which such brush elements may be held in a iXed position and so disposed as to permit the bottom of a shoe sole to be readily engaged therewith.

It is also my purpose to providera shoe cleaning device which will be simple in construction, efficient in use, easily applied to a door step, and which can be manufactured-at a relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and inthe arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer-v ence denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the invention showing the brush elements in full lines in the position they would occupy when the sole of the shoe is being scraped and for the purpose of cleaning the edge of the soleV and lower portion of the upper, and one of the brush elements in dotted lines in the position it would occupy when it is desired to effect brushing of the bottom of the sole,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 9, 1915.

Serial No. 33,213.,

certain parts in this gure being also disclosed in section; Fig. 2, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1 with one of the brush ele- 11 is bent laterally opposite to the terminal Screws 12 are passed vthrough retongues. spective tongues 1l and are adapted to be engaged in a porch or other desired' object for the purpose of securing the invention thereto. Secured to the base 10 on each side of its upper edge at the center of the latter is aplurality of V-shaped members forming radial arms 13 which in conjunction with the upper edge of the base form the scraping element otl` the device. Pivotally connected to each side of the base 10 is a brush element A and each of these elements includes a hollow back 14 closed by a screw capV 15 and adapted to be filled with a suitable disinfecting material.v A wick 16 leads from the interior of the back 14 and eXtends'between the bristles of the brush so as to convey the disinfecting material to the bristles for distribution upon the shoe.

The hinge connection between each brush and the basel() is indicated at B and is formed from a suitable metal blank slit and bent to produce spaced ears 17 which embrace the base 10 and securing arms 118 engaged around the brush back and united to the latter by a screw 20. Each hinge connection -B has the inner ends of its ear portions-provided with a plurality of openings 21 in which are adapted to be interchangeably engaged respective ends of a spring 22. The position of the openings 21 is such that when a brush element is moved to the dotted line position in Fig. l the tension of the spring will be exerted in a line beneath the pivot of the hinge B and thus serve to hold the brush element in such position. When the brush elements are in the full line position shown in Fig. 1 the spring 22 will serve toY dre-W the brush elements together and Patented Mai. v, 1ere.

yieldingly force the bristles thereof into engagement With the shoe so that when the latter is reciprocated between the brush elements in scraping the bottom of the sole the edge of the latter and the heel Will be cleaned and in addition disinfecting material will be delivered upon the slice. The tension of the spring 22 may be varied by interchangeably engaging the ends thereof in the openings 2l of respective hinge inembers B.

Vhile I have described and illustrated one form of carrying my invention into practice it Will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Vhat is claimed is: Y

l. A shoe cleaning device, comprising a plate having means 01' attaching same to a support in up ight position, radial arms secured to the plate and having their upper Aedges in registration With the upper edge of points will pass beneath the pivots of the5`40 brackets to permit the spring to react and hold the brushes at the limit of their movement aivay from each other.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

GEORGE E. MOIR.

Witnesses JOHN CiiisiioLM, A. R. CALDWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

